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Re: lightened flywheel

To: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: lightened flywheel
From: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 10:48:16 -0700
The problem is not the flywheel it is the shape of the clutch cover it
hits the bell housing

David Nock


On Sep 22, 2005, at 7:39 PM, Blue One Hundred wrote:

> Laurie -
>  
> If the problem is with the flywheel, why don't you just have your BN1
> flywheel lightened and repegged to take the BJ8 diaphram clutch.  The
> BN1 gearbox & bell housing are different to all other healeys.
>  
> Just be careful about measuring up all the release bearing stuff to
> make sure it will still work on the BN1. 
>  
> The BJ8 flywheel will work with a BN2 because the BN2 has (basically)
> the same gearbox as all the six cylinder healeys, so a six cylinder
> flywheel should pose no clearance problems with BN2s.
>  
> Regards,
>  
> Alan
>  
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
>
>  
> On 9/23/05, Laurie Wilford <healeymk3@hotmail.com> wrote:   I planned
> on using a lightened BJ8 flywheel and diaphram pressure plate
>> on my BN1. When I attempted to bolt the 3 speed bell housing on with
>> this
>> set-up, the flywheel proved too large. It hung up on the bell
>> housing. I was
>> told this would work with a BN2 but not a BN1. Did I miss something?
>>
>>
>> Laurie Wilford
>> BJ8, BT7, BN1
>>  




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